BBS Route · Idaho · BCR 9

Springfield Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 133 species recorded across 47 survey years, still active.

133Species Recorded
47Years Surveyed
19692018Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Idaho Springfield

Top 40 of 133 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Springfield route.
History
California GullLaridae652018-88%1971
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae542018-72%1971
European StarlingSturnidae452018-83%1971
Canada GooseAnatidae402016+384%1981
Bank SwallowHirundinidae352018-30%1976
Mourning DoveColumbidae302018-58%1971
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae252018-63%1971
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae222018-79%1971
Barn SwallowHirundinidae222018-31%1971
American RobinTurdidae152018-44%1971
American AvocetRecurvirostridae151995+700%1977
Barrow's GoldeneyeAnatidae151976n/an/a
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae13201812×1983
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae132018+157%2010
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae122014+238%1973
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae102018-80%1971
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae92018-91%1971
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae91986+0%1977
House SparrowPasseridae72018-94%1971
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae62018-75%1971
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae62015+471%1983
American White PelicanPelecanidae62017-95%1990
KilldeerCharadriidae52018-73%1971
American CootRallidae42014-18%1971
Horned LarkAlaudidae42018-74%1971
American CrowCorvidae42017-44%1972
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae42017-20%1971
Gray CatbirdMimidae42005+20%1981
Western KingbirdTyrannidae32018+220%1971
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae32017-88%1971
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae32018-78%1971
Song SparrowPasserellidae32015-55%1971
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae32010-69%1971
Yellow WarblerParulidae32018-85%1971
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae32017+400%1973
Rock PigeonColumbidae32018-10%1972
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae31981+200%1976
Barred OwlStrigidae31981+200%1977
Marsh WrenTroglodytidae32018+200%1980
Common TernLaridae31991n/an/a

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.